Neck-scarf



L. BSHNER. Mack-Scarf.v

Patent-ed May 4,1880.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS ESHNER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECK-'SCARFl SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,230, dated May 4, 1880.

Application filed December 5, 1879.

To all 'whom fit may concern:

consists of a cross-bar constituting partof the Be it known that I, LOUIS ESHNER, of the metallic frame or plate B 5 but said bearing city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neck-I/Vear, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a front view, partly broken away,

' of a neck-scarf embodying my invention. Fig.

2 is a rear View thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section in line a: x, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a rear view of a detached portion enlarged. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section in line y y, Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

My invention consists of a metallic frame for stiffening the knot of a neck scarf or tie.

My invention consists in providing the scarf or tie knot with a horn which is adapted to engage with cross-bars or eyes secured to the neck-band, whereby the neck-band may be retained in position without the employment of pins, clamps, buttons, or other inconvenient and objectionable fastenings. j

Referring to the drawings, A represents a neck-scarf, consisting of the head a, knot b, apron c, and neck-band d.

The head a is continuous of the rear wall of the knot b, either integral or as a separate piece stitched to said wall, and its end e hangs freely within the knot, so that it may be raised and lowered, whereby the space of the top of the head may be enlarged to admit the tip of the neck-band or permit the removal of the latter and tighten the head on the band when the scarf is in position, this operation being well known.

To the inner face of the front wall of the knot is secured, by stitching, clips, or otherwise, a metallicfram e, shield, or plate, B,which is preferably of skeleton form, and serves to stiffen the knot and prevent distortion of the same, so that the knot always retains its shape, the appearance of the knot being preserved and the connected and applied parts restrained from gathering on each other.

To the end c of the head a, which is pendent within the knot, is connected an endless band, C, which is passed around a bearing, D, near the top of the inner face of the front wall of the knot bffwhich bearing, in the present case,

may be a separate bar, rod, or other piece of metal or material, sewed or otherwise secured to the knot, and it may be covered by aroller, so that the band C may move thereon, the bearing in all cases serving as a pulley or sheave for said band C.

The lowerrnost position of the end e of the head a is below the bearing D, and the band G hangs below the knot b and behind the aprons o, and said band is not necessarily endless, as

it may be of two pieces, one piece directlypendent from the end c of the head e, and the other connected to said end a, passed over the bearing D, and pendent from said bearing, the lower ends of both pieces being accessible behind the aprons 5 but the endless form is preferred, as it provides a loop which cannot be displaced and affords a convenient hold for the ngers.

It will be seen that when the head is to be opened for introduction of the neck-band d, or removal of the same, the length of the band C lying immediately next to the aprons is drawn down. As said length passes over the bearing D and extends down to the end e of the head said end is raised, thus elevating the head and opening the space at top thereof.

When the scarf or tie is applied to the neck ofthe wearer and the neck-band d adjusted, the head requires to be tightened against said neck band. To accomplish this the rear length of the band Gis drawn down, thus carrying with it the end e of the head, and lowering said head, so that it again assumes its closed position.

E represents a horn, which, in the present case, is bent from one of the lower corners of the plate B; but it may be a separate piece of metal, horn, or other rigid material, stitched, clinched, or otherwise affixed to the knot or other proper part of the scarf or tie, and with said horn is adapted to engage a clip, crossbar, or eye, F, connected to the tip end ofthe neck-band d of the scarf or tie, said clip, crossbar, or eye being so constructed that it will take hold of the horn E, and thus retain the neck-band in position.

The eye F is preferably made removable, so

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as to be adjusted or properly located relatively to the requirements of the neck-band or size of neck of the wearer; but, if desired, a number of clips, cross-bars,or eyes may be attached to the neck-band in order to occasion the'y engagement of the horn and neck-band at a proper point of the latter.

As the horn is blunt or rounded, the sticki ing of the fingers, shirt-bosom, 8vo., and pieroing and weakening.;` of the neck-band by pinsI ment of the band the head is opened and closed, substantially as described.

2. In a neck-scarf having, an opening and closing head, a knot, aprons, neck-band, and a bearing-piece, substantially as described, a band connected to said head and movable on said bearing-piece, whereby by operating the band in one directionv the head is opened to permit the entrance or removal of the neckband, and by the operation thereof in the other direction the head is closed on said band, as stated.

3. In a neck-scarf, the knot provided with a horn, E, and thc neck-band d, having one or more bars, clips, or eyes, F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LOUIS ESHNER. 

